The Cheshire official, who it is understood returned from a stag do in Marbella at the start of the week, felt a Swansea player had handled inside the box, but t elevision replays clearly showed that the ball had in fact struck the arm of Burnley striker Sam Vokes.

"When the penalty decision went against us we did not want to feel sorry for ourselves," Olsson said.

"We did not want the referee to decide the game, so we just kept going and managed to win.

"We have got the momentum to get out of this (trouble). It does not matter how we play, the mentality is there and the gaffer and the staff have it too.

"We feel that we are going to get something out of every game and it is in our own hands now, we are not relying on anyone else."

Having been bottom of the table with 12 points from 19 games, Swansea have won five of Clement's eight matches to give themselves some breathing space from the drop zone.

Burnley are four points better off than Swansea, but the Clarets continue to enjoy little joy on their travels.

While Sean Dyche's side have turned Turf Moor into a fortress, they have picked up only two away points on the road at Manchester United and Hull.

Burnley's next two games are at Liverpool and Sunderland, and defender Ben Mee said: "It's not a case of relying on our home form.

"We try to perform away from home and we did pretty well last week at Hull and in previous games against some big teams.

"We want to win as many games as we can with 11 games to go.

"We went on a good unbeaten run at the end of last year and we need to have that same frame of mind this season."